Spectres of Capitalism: A Critique of Current Intellectual Fashions

by Samir Amin

Overview

Amin, one of the most influential economists today, examines the changing notion of crisis in capitalism; misconceptions of the free market model; the various distortions of Marx's method; the role of culture in revolutions; the decline of the "law of value" in economics; the philosophical roots of postmodernism; how telecommunications affect ideology; and the myth of "pure economics."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780853459330
Publisher:	Monthly Review Press
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	783,940
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Samir Amin was one of Africa’s leading Marxists and world-systems analysts. He is well known for his work on non-Eurocentric Marxism, imperial rent, the global monopoly phase of capitalism, delinking; his call for a Fifth International of workers and peoples and his anti-imperialism.